Adjustable arch-support.



A. s. WITTENBBRG. ADJUSTABLE ARCH SUPPORT. AFN-NATION III-ED KAY 2B,1910.

1,006,164, Patented Oct. 17,1911.

To whogmitmdy concern,"

instep and adjustable to the arch ithere0f;'

PATENT 'OFFIOELQ mman amasimrrizfifiime, 01 suites at: R6, GERMANX.

amusmnmis neon-sorrows Application filed Hay Be it known-that I, ALADARWIT- anunnaoga subject of the Kili of Hungary,

residingrat 'Strassburg; in A sace-Lorraine,

Germany, have inve ted new and-useful prov'einents in Adj usable'Arch-Supportaof which the following,- is a specification; Myinvention relates to imprqvements-in ad ustable arch supportersdn whichthere is secured to "the' under side of an insole a, bear; *ing" ilate'carrying a plurality oi. curved me'iinrs, with means for adjusting thecurvature thereof.

provi ejan. ardh supporter for sustaining the and, second, to,pro i'demeans whereby the broken down condition of flat-feet" can be graduallybuilt up and restored to normal condition I; at-tain-thes e' objectshythe ar rangementof parts illustrated ,in the accompanying drap'ings;in which:

Figure 1, salbottom plan View of an in-i sole with the ad'ustable archsupporter at -.tached-th'ereto.

,. is is a side elevhtion'of the sa-lne. Fig-.3, 1sa'sectionalvie'wbflt'lie arch supporter,- takexi on the' line A- Bf,Fig.:1, Fi 4,,is a perspective view showing the met has Similar lettersrefer :to similar parts throughout the several views. I f 5 In thedrawings a 's an insole, blocked to'the shape'of 'the sole. of thehumanfoot.

Attached to the underside of the insole a by any suitable means, forinstanceias here shownby the'.rivets,"'g",*is a. late -b-,

which isms-ranged i the-Ion "tu inal pla'nethereof. Above the plate andhavin end bearmgs-t-here'n, is a resilient arche plate a which ormsoneof' the ministajble-members of the 'arch support; A resilient archedplate -c,,, located under the, plate b and having end bearings thereon,serves .as a second'ad ustable member of the arch su ort.

. "Adju ment betweeathe plates e? and a, changing their arcs of.curvature, is

speoiqoatienefle'ttera ramp.- fi t iifi a '26, and; j seen, 1%. 503,597.

7 i In order 1 to increase the holding dofad; .sting the platecurvathreaded ortion'of-the screw f tothe plate: 0", a nut or platefli,having a threaded (aperture, may be. secured to the latter. Thescrew fis slotteda't i for' a. screwdriver,

From the foregoing it 'will arcs of the arched pieces e: be adjusted tosuit-the} arch a the turning of the screw {I gradual adjhstinentfofthesepan broken-down condition of flat-'feet 'Fcan be built up to thenormal condition.

Havmgthu I claim is 1'. foot arch supportcoxriprising in com- "b natmn,an lnsoleya platesecured to -the under sldejofsa d, insole, a resilientarch member having end: hearings on said plate and normally aurvingsaidinside upwardly a Second 'resilientlarch-member having en hearingsagainst the underside of said plate,

o aa'z; 1911.

s described my invention, what of the and means connected with saidresilient arch members for adjttstingjthe curvature of the V 1 archsupport. k

2.; A foot arch supportcomprising in combination an insole, a platesecured to the under side of saitl insole; a risilie'nt arch memberhaving end bearings 0 said plate and. adapted to normally curve saidinsole upwardly, a second resilient arch member having end bearingsagainst the under side of said plate, a nutsecured tosaid secondmentloned resilient arch. member and pro-- vided with a threadedaperture, aud a screw having its head bearing" in said first, mentionedresilient arch member and its threaded portion in engagement with saidnut .to

adjust the curvature of the arch support,

3. A foot arch supportcomprising in cd'mbination, a plate, a resilientarch member having end hearings on said plate and nor- ,mdlly archedupwardly, a second resilient arch member having end bearingsagainsb theunder. side of said plate, and means cou- -nectiiig sa id resilient archmembers for ads Ijusting the curvature offthe arch support.

4. A foot arch support comprisingiu combination, a plate, 'a' resilientarch me'inber haviu end bearings on said plate and dor- "inally archedupwardly', a second resilient archniember having end bearings against.

108 the underside of said plate, anutsecuredto

